The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, sell and finance participations in companies of all kinds. It can conduct trust transactions, acquire, develop and exploit patents and licenses, and finance and promote any kind of business. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies of any kind, take over representations and enter into any business and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company, or that are directly or indirectly related to it. It can also enter into financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees, sureties and pledge transactions for affiliated companies and third parties. It can acquire, lease, rent, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company can acquire, hold, manage or sell any kind of debt or securities, within Switzerland or abroad.